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Chimango Caracara

Milvago chimango (Vieillot, LJP 1816)

The chimango caracara is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay and south of Brazil. The chimango is found as far south as Tierra del Fuego and is a vagrant to the Islas Malvinas also known as Falkland Islands. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Falconiformes
Family:
  Falconidae
Genus:
   Milvago
Scientific:
  Milvago chimango


Original description

Citation:
  (Vieillot, LJP 1816)

Reference:
   Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 5 p.260

Protonym:
  Polyborus chimango

Type locality:
  Rare in Paraguay, common on the Rio de la Plata, ex Azara.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18034737


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  919D7CD86D56011E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-919D7CD8

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/919D7CD8


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175668

Geographic range:

  • Milvago chimango chimango: forest of southern Brazil and Paraguay to central Argentina and central Chile
  • Milvago chimango temucoensis: southern Chile and southern Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn Archipelago
English:
Chimango Caracara
Catalan:
Caracarà chimango
Czech:
čimango šedonohý
Danish:
Chimango-caracara
German:
Chimangokarakara
Spanish:
Caracara Chimango
Spanish (Spain):
Caracara Chimango
Finnish:
ruskokarakara
French:
Caracara chimango
Croatian:
smeđa karakara
Hungarian:
füstös karakara
Icelandic:
Rauðfálki
Italian:
Caracara chimango
Japanese (romaji):
chimangokarakara
Japanese:
チマンゴカラカラ
Lithuanian:
Rusvagalvė karakara
Dutch:
Chimango
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunkarakara
Norwegian:
Brunkarakara
Polish:
karakara brązowa
Portuguese:
Chimango
Portuguese (Brazil):
chimango
Portuguese (Portugal):
caracara-unicolor
Russian:
Химанго
Slovak:
karakara milvágo
Serbian:
Čimango karakara
Swedish:
chimangokarakara
Ukrainian:
Хіманго
Chinese:
叫隼
Chinese (Traditional):
叫鷹


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Caracara chimango ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Caracara chimango ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Chimango Caracara ( Daptrius chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Chimango Caracara ( Daptrius chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Chimango Caracara ( Daptrius chimango) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Chimango Caracara ( Daptrius chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Chimango Caracara ( Daptrius chimango) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Chimango Caracara ( Daptrius chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Chimango ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Chimango ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Chimango Caracara ( Phalcoboenus chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Milvago chimango [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Milvago chimango [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Milvago chimango [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Chimango Caracara ( Milvago chimango) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Milvago chimango [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Milvago chimango [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Azerbaijani: ximanqo
Bulgarian: Шиманго
Catalan: Caracarà chimango
Czech: Cimango šedonohý, čimango šedonohý
Danish: Chimango-caracara
German: Chimango, Chimangokarakara
English: Chimango, Chimango Caraca, Chimango Caracara
English, HBW: Chimango Caracara
English (IOC): Chimango Caracara
English (United States): Chimango Caracara
Esperanto: Ĉimango
Spanish: Caracara Chimango, Chimango, Tiuque
Spanish (Argentine): Chimango
Spanish (Bolivia): Chimango
Spanish (Chile): Tiuque
Spanish (Spain): Caracara Chimango
Spanish (HBW): Chimango Caracara
Spanish (Paraguay): Chimango
Spanish (Uruguay): Chimango
Estonian: väikekarakaara
Finnish: Ruskokarakara
French: Caracara chimango, Chimango
Guarani: Kara kara'i
Croatian: smeđa karakara
Hungarian: füstös karakara
Icelandic: Rauðfálki
Italian: Caracara chimango, chimango
Japanese (romaji): chimangokarakara
Japanese: チマンゴカラカラ
Kazakh: химанго
Scientific: Daptrius chimango, Milvago chimango, Milvago chimango chimango, Phalcoboenus chimango, Phalcoboenus chimango chimango, Polyborus chimango
Lithuanian: Rusvagalvė karakara
Dutch: Chimango
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunkarakara
Norwegian: Brunkarakara
Polish: karakara brązowa, trebacz brazowy, trębacz brązowy
Portuguese: caracará, caracaraí, chima-chima, Chimango, chimango-carrapateiro, chimango-do-campo
Portuguese (Brazil): caracará, caracaraí, chima-chima, Chimango, chimango-carrapateiro, chimango-do-campo
Portuguese (Portugal): caracara-unicolor, Chimango
Russian: Химанго
Slovak: čimačima čimango, čimango milvágo, Karakara čimačima, karakara milvágo
Serbian: Čimango karakara
Swedish: Chimangocaracara, chimangokarakara
Turkish: Çimango karakarası
Ukrainian: Хіманго
Chinese: 叫隼
Chinese (Traditional): 叫鷹

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